S6995 Fast Track Sampler
PHONE 888-205-0444
FAX 888-205-0916
COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT
Components of the Program Fast Track Reading’s first goal is to accelerate your delayed readers in a minimum amount of time. Designed for fourththrough eighth-grade readers who are two or more years below grade level, Fast Track Reading combines direct, explicit skills and phonics instruction with comprehension coaching and fluency practice. To get started on the fast track to literacy, use the sample materials included in this guide to see for yourself how effective
a true intervention program can be. Familiarize yourself with Fast Track Reading’s three powerful strands: Word Work, Comprehension, and Fluency. These straightforward teacher and student resources take a scaffolded approach, and will accelerate your delayed readers toward reading—and understanding—on their own.
Accelerate Delayed Readers with Fast Track Reading Program Strands and Components
Comprehension Placement Assessment
Word Work Strand
• 6 each of 12 Decodable Books • 6 each of 12 Decodable Plays • Fast Track Reading Word Work Assessment Guide • Fast Track Reading Word Work Phonics Teacher Guide • Fast Track Reading Word Work Word Study Teacher Guide • MatchWord™ CD-ROM and Teacher Guide
Comprehension Strand
Phonological Awareness
Phonics
Wo r d Wo r k S t r a n d
Word Study
MatchWord™
Listening Comprehension Level 1
Comprehension Levels 2–7
Comprehension Strand
Fluency Strand
• 6 each of 36 magazine anthologies • Fast Track Reading Comprehension Placement Assessment • Fast Track Reading Oral Comprehension Teacher Guide, Level 1 • Fast Track Reading Comprehension Teacher Guides, Levels 2–7 • Fast Track Reading Comprehension Evaluation Teacher Guides, Levels 2–7
Fluency Strand • • • •
1
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6 each of 72 Fluency Cards 6 Fluency CDs 1 each of 36 chapter books Fast Track Reading Fluency Teacher Guides, Levels 2–7
2
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COMPREHENSION
Comprehension Placement Assessment The Fast Track Reading Comprehension Placement Assessment is the first step in the Fast Track Reading program. Students read a series of graded passages (as shown here) to the teacher. When students arrive at the level where they are decoding the text with a 90–94 percent accuracy rate, they are placed at that level. Students assessed at Level 1 begin Fast Track Reading in the Word Work Strand; students assessed at Levels 2–7 will move between the Word Work and Comprehension Strands.
Pages 10–11, Comprehension Placement Assessment
Word Work Assessment Guide The Word Work Assessment Guide places students within the correct decodable book and word study skill lesson. Assessments should be used to test students at the beginning of instruction and again upon completion of instruction. They are designed to help teachers evaluate a range of skill areas, including phonological awareness, phonics and decoding, high-frequency words, and word study skills, as shown on pages 3–5.
Phonological Awareness The assessments in the phonological awareness section are designed to evaluate how well your students segment, blend, and manipulate sounds. The student is asked to listen to each word, or series of sounds, and then respond by identifying, for instance, the initial, medial, or final sound.
Pages 4–5, Word Work Assessment Guide
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WORD WORK ASSESSMENT
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WORD WORK ASSESSMENT
High-Frequency Words Phonics and Decoding Assessments in this section determine students’ understanding of syllable patterns and their ability to decipher pseudowords. Using these assessments, the teacher shows the student lists of pseudowords and asks them to decode and say as many as possible in each section.
Page 8, Word Work Assessment Guide
The High-Frequency Words Quickü may be used repeatedly to measure students’ ability to identify and read high-frequency words. The student is given a list of words that corresponds to the decodable book they are reading and is asked to read each word as quickly as possible. The teacher records the number of words read correctly in one minute.
Page 19, Word Work Assessment Guide
FAX 888-205-0916
COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT
Components of the Program Fast Track Reading’s first goal is to accelerate your delayed readers in a minimum amount of time. Designed for fourththrough eighth-grade readers who are two or more years below grade level, Fast Track Reading combines direct, explicit skills and phonics instruction with comprehension coaching and fluency practice. To get started on the fast track to literacy, use the sample materials included in this guide to see for yourself how effective
a true intervention program can be. Familiarize yourself with Fast Track Reading’s three powerful strands: Word Work, Comprehension, and Fluency. These straightforward teacher and student resources take a scaffolded approach, and will accelerate your delayed readers toward reading—and understanding—on their own.
Accelerate Delayed Readers with Fast Track Reading Program Strands and Components
Comprehension Placement Assessment
Word Work Strand
• 6 each of 12 Decodable Books • 6 each of 12 Decodable Plays • Fast Track Reading Word Work Assessment Guide • Fast Track Reading Word Work Phonics Teacher Guide • Fast Track Reading Word Work Word Study Teacher Guide • MatchWord™ CD-ROM and Teacher Guide
Comprehension Strand
Phonological Awareness
Phonics
Wo r d Wo r k S t r a n d
Word Study
MatchWord™
Listening Comprehension Level 1
Comprehension Levels 2–7
Comprehension Strand
Fluency Strand
• 6 each of 36 magazine anthologies • Fast Track Reading Comprehension Placement Assessment • Fast Track Reading Oral Comprehension Teacher Guide, Level 1 • Fast Track Reading Comprehension Teacher Guides, Levels 2–7 • Fast Track Reading Comprehension Evaluation Teacher Guides, Levels 2–7
Fluency Strand • • • •
1
VISIT www.WrightGroup.com
6 each of 72 Fluency Cards 6 Fluency CDs 1 each of 36 chapter books Fast Track Reading Fluency Teacher Guides, Levels 2–7
2
PHONE 888-205-0444
FAX 888-205-0916
COMPREHENSION
Comprehension Placement Assessment The Fast Track Reading Comprehension Placement Assessment is the first step in the Fast Track Reading program. Students read a series of graded passages (as shown here) to the teacher. When students arrive at the level where they are decoding the text with a 90–94 percent accuracy rate, they are placed at that level. Students assessed at Level 1 begin Fast Track Reading in the Word Work Strand; students assessed at Levels 2–7 will move between the Word Work and Comprehension Strands.
Pages 10–11, Comprehension Placement Assessment
Word Work Assessment Guide The Word Work Assessment Guide places students within the correct decodable book and word study skill lesson. Assessments should be used to test students at the beginning of instruction and again upon completion of instruction. They are designed to help teachers evaluate a range of skill areas, including phonological awareness, phonics and decoding, high-frequency words, and word study skills, as shown on pages 3–5.
Phonological Awareness The assessments in the phonological awareness section are designed to evaluate how well your students segment, blend, and manipulate sounds. The student is asked to listen to each word, or series of sounds, and then respond by identifying, for instance, the initial, medial, or final sound.
Pages 4–5, Word Work Assessment Guide
3
VISIT www.WrightGroup.com
WORD WORK ASSESSMENT
4
PHONE 888-205-0444
FAX 888-205-0916
WORD WORK ASSESSMENT
High-Frequency Words Phonics and Decoding Assessments in this section determine students’ understanding of syllable patterns and their ability to decipher pseudowords. Using these assessments, the teacher shows the student lists of pseudowords and asks them to decode and say as many as possible in each section.
Page 8, Word Work Assessment Guide
The High-Frequency Words Quickü may be used repeatedly to measure students’ ability to identify and read high-frequency words. The student is given a list of words that corresponds to the decodable book they are reading and is asked to read each word as quickly as possible. The teacher records the number of words read correctly in one minute.
Page 19, Word Work Assessment Guide
